Synonyms for destroyed
de·stroyed

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1. destroyedadjective

   spoiled or ruined or demolished

   "war left many cities destroyed"; "Alzheimer's is responsible for her destroyed mind"

   Synonyms:
   ruined

   Antonyms:
   conserved, retained, preservable, saved, well-kept, protected, kept up(p), preserved, maintained

2. destroyed, ruinedadjective

   destroyed physically or morally

   Synonyms:
   washed-up, sunk, finished, done for(p), undone, ruined

   Antonyms:
   maintained, well-kept, kept up(p), conserved, saved, retained, preserved, preservable, protected

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1. List of paraphrases for "destroyed":

   demolished, destroys, devastated, destruction, destroy, ruined, destroying, damaged, shattered, wrecked, devastating, rippedthrough, destructive, disposed, razed, ravaged, annihilated, tore, flattened, destroyer, slaughtered

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1. Judge Eric Leach:

   This case involves a human tragedy of Shakespearean proportions, a young man overcomes huge physical disabilities to reach Olympian heights as an athlete. In doing so he becomes an international celebrity, he meets a young woman of great natural beauty and a successful model, romance blossoms, and then, ironically on Valentine’s Day, all is destroyed when he takes her life.

2. The Book of Joshua 6:21:

   They devoted the city to the lord and destroyed with the sword every living thing in it - men and women, young and old, cattle, sheep and donkeys.

3. David Mathews:

   We were in our house and knew something was going on and getting ready to go to the basement, then it was over, we just built a brand new fire hall and it was destroyed. Also a row of houses near the fire hall. The Lutheran Church was destroyed, it's all in rubble.

4. Jamie LeSueur:

   The scale of devastation is enormous. It seems that 90 per cent of the area is completely destroyed, almost everything is destroyed. Communication lines have been completely cut and roads have been destroyed.

5. Christopher Warren:

   The worst-case scenario is that we would be hit by a fire and our business would be destroyed.